Article: TRUNK SHOW.(City Palace in Jaipur, India)

Brightly painted elephants, spangled camels, dancing girls, fire-breathers and sword-wielding soldiers greeted guests at City Palace in Jaipur, India, on Friday in a traditional procession last performed for Queen Elizabeth II when she visited the city 42 years ago. A dinner in the dazzling royal apartments followed, hosted by HRH Bhawani Singh and HRH Padmini Devi, the maharaja and maharani of Jaipur, in honor of a Cartier-sponsored elephant polo match to benefit the local animal shelter, Help in Suffering, and Elephant Family, the elephant welfare organization founded by British writer Mark Shand (aka Camilla Parker Bowles' brother). Bollywood stars and Jaipur's social ...

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